VIETNAM WAR RULES:
Free Fire Zone

Brief Description	Rules for simulating low-level (company- and platoon-level) tactics during the Vietnam War. Command and control is an important part of play. Rules cover the use of helicopters, radio communications, tanks, booby traps, casualty evacuation, snipers, and prisoners. Artillery and air support is simplified. Rulebook includes extensive biblography and filmography.
Period	Vietnam War, skirmish scale
Scale	As the designer states, "One of the aims of these rules is to escape from the rigid concept of time, activity and distance." One turn represents about 2-5 minutes. 1" = 5 or 10 meters (player's preference). One model equals one man, vehicle, or weapon. Designed for use with 15mm or 20mm figures
Basing	Individual
Contents	48-page spiral-bound rulebook, 1 reference card, 1 counter sheet (paper), 1 rules update sheet
Designer	Barrie Lovell
Publisher	First edition published 1993, second edition published 1996 by Firebase Games

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Rules Clarifications: The game designer answers our questions about the game.
Panzer's Free Fire Zone Page: Some unit organizations.

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Last Updates
1 April 1998	added link to Panzer's site
5 April 1997	reorganized
22 July 1996	reformatted
15 April 1996	reorganized
23 March 1995	added link to Rules Clarifications web page
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